Fish Story Time!

I started my story time with The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen. The children loved the story of the pout-pout fish who pouted at everybody because he has "a pout-pout face" and he has to spread the "dreary wearies" all over the place. His life is changed when another fish gives him a big kiss on the lips. Then he starts smiling and smooching other fishes. The children and I repeated the "blub, blub, bluuub" refrain and all of us enjoyed saying "blub, blub, blummb." This is a good interactive book for story time that illustrates the importance of being kind.

The next book that I read was definitely their favorite - Swallow the Leader by Danna Smith. A small group of colorful bright fish start to follow each other and the children enjoyed counting ten fishes including the shark! The shark starts to swallow all of the fish one by one, so the children and I counted down as well. Fortunately for the fish, the shark burps and all of the fish that he swallowed come right back out! I always enjoy a happy ending for children's books.

The last book I read was Poor Little Guy by Elanna Allen. In this story, a cute tiny yellow fish with glasses is caught by a huge white octopus. The octopus teases him saying things like, "let's play catch of the day!" and "how about a round of fish and chips?" However, the little fish who happens to be a blowfish gets the last laugh when he puffs up in the octopus's mouth. The octopus lets him go.